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March 26, 2007 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1428 KARACHI: No action against Siemens in sight: Old plant at price of new KARACHI, March 25: A new combined cycle power plant to generate 220 megawatts electricity is being imported for Karachi. Citizens, however, will only benefit in the summer of 2008 and have... KARACHI: New voter lists to be kept at 70,000 display centres KARACHI, March 25: Provincial Election Commissioner Qamar-uz-Zaman said on Sunday that new electoral lists would be kept at 70,000 display centres across the country, so that the masses could check their names and other details from them.... KARACHI: Punjab CM says govt not worried about SJC decision KARACHI, March 25: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that the government is not worried over the Supreme Judicial Council’s conclusion on the presidential reference against Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Musharraf will be forced out in 3-4 months, says Imran KARACHI, March 25: Chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Imran Khan has asked his party activists to get organised for a decisive movement to be launched soon against Gen Pervez Musharraf.... KARACHI: Tabla, sitar players missed KARACHI, March 25: The All Pakistan Music Conference’s fourth annual music festival concluded late Saturday night. Though it attracted huge audiences from across the city to the Hindu Gymkhana, for music... KARACHI: Establishment of brain bank stressed KARACHI, March 25: There is a need for establishing a brain bank in the country for collection of human brain material for research and this goal can be achieved in collaboration with local neuroscientists, pathologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons.... KARACHI: Amma content with life KARACHI: Shahjahan Begum had her first brush with death when she was only five months old. Now, in her mid-90s, she not only walks unaided, but prefers to do most of her work herself.... KARACHI: Ibad calls for legislation to improve health care KARACHI, March 25: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has impressed upon the officials concerned to implement the prescribed rules and regulations governing the public and private healthcare facilities in order to ensure provision of improved health facilities to people.... KARACHI: Chundrigar Road being reconstructed KARACHI, March 25: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that I.I. Chundrigar Road will be constructed in two phases keeping in view its importance and possible difficulties to citizens.... KARACHI: Smooth water supply on Eid Milad ordered KARACHI, March 25: Additional Vice-Chairman Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Moin Khan on Sunday ordered officials to ensure cleanliness around mosques, Imambargahs and procession routes besides smooth flow of water... KARACHI: Dumper kills motorcyclist KARACHI, March 25: A young man was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by a dumper-loader in New Karachi on Sunday.... KARACHI: Lyari Town facing financial crisis KARACHI, March 25: The Town Municipal Administration (TMA) of Lyari is faced with a financial crisis because of its limited sources of income.... KARACHI: Minorities demand civic amenities KARACHI, March 25: Speakers at a demonstration on Sunday demanded that water connections be provided to the minority community that has been living in Lyari for over a century.... KARACHI: PMA welcomes ban on medical stores KARACHI, March 25: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi Chapter on Sunday welcomed Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan’s decision to ban licenses for new medical stores.... KARACHI: Union leader’s killers’ arrest demanded KARACHI, March 25: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday demanded that the killers of the slain labour leader Gulzar Begum be arrested, tried and punished immediately.... KARACHI: NED students to gain industry exposure KARACHI, March 25: NED University of Engineering and Technology is working on arranging internships for students in related industries to increase real world exposure.... KARACHI: Science exhibition KARACHI, March 25: Thirty-five schools participated in the 5th All-Karachi Inter-School Science Exhibition organised by the Educational World, North Nazimabad campus.... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, March 25: A certificate distribution ceremony for the participants of the US-Pakistan International workshop on Molecular Biology: Tool for the Future was held on the premises of the Jinnah University for Women (JUW).... KARACHI: ‘Karachi to be made IT hub’ KARACHI, March 25: The government is endeavouring to make Karachi an Information Technology (IT) hub.... KARACHI: Pakistan Day celebrations KARACHI, March 25: To mark the 67th Pakistan Day, PIA Scouts Provincial Headquarters have launched week-long festivities across the country.... KARACHI: PMAP slams arrest of workers KARACHI, March 25: Leaders of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party have condemned the arrest of party activists in the interior of Sindh and demanded their immediate release.... KARACHI: Hunger strike by PPP-SB activists KARACHI, March 25: A large number of PPP-SB activists observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday demanding immediate arrest of the killers of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, founder of the party.... KARACHI: PMA criticises doctor’s arrest KARACHI, March 25: President of the Pakistan Medical Association, District Lasbela, Dr Abbas has condemned the arrest of Dr Fateh Baloch, Medical Officer, Central Jail, Gadani, and termed the action ‘illegal’ and ‘without any justification’.... KARACHI: ARD rally KARACHI, March 25: The Sindh Chapter of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy will stage a rally on Monday to protest against the presidential action against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and state violence against journalists.... BADIN: Local youths being deprived of jobs, says Badin nazim BADIN, March 25: District Nazim Ali Anwar Halepoto has said that the district government will not tolerate discrimination by any public or private organisations in the district against locals and in favour of outsiders in recruitment.... HYDERABAD: Veterinary doctors hold protest march HYDERABAD, March 25: The Progressive Veterinarians Forum Sindh on Sunday organised a march, which started from Haider Chowk and ended at the press club, to press the government for accepting their demands.... HYDERABAD: Workshop on plight of Haris HYDERABAD, March 25: A one-day district dialogue forum on bonded labour was organised at the local press club here on Sunday, by the Bhandar Hari Sangat and Interactive Resource Centre (IRC)... HYDERABAD: Discriminatory admission policy of DMU criticised HYDERABAD, March 25: The activists of the Sindhi Shagird Tehrik, student wing of Awami Tehrik, staged a demonstration and a token hunger strike outside the press club on Sunday in protest... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Ahmad Ali Khan HYDERABAD, March 25: Rich tribute was paid to former chief editor of daily Dawn Ahmad Ali Khan at a condolence reference organised by the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday for late... KHAIRPUR: Body found in river KHAIRPUR, March 25: The body of 20-year-old youth was found in the Indus River in the jurisdiction of the Mehboob Kalhoro police station on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Institutions facing threat, says NWP HYDERABAD, March 25: The National Workers Party (NWP) chief Yousuf Masti Khan on Sunday criticised the political parties for their lukewarm support for the lawyers’ movement against Gen Musharraf’s "command and control system" in the country.... MITHI: Community projects for Thar urged MITHI, March 25: The Tharparkar District Council has demanded building for the Government Boys Primary School, Haji Haroon Mohalla, Vaori village, community halls for Dhaklo and Okraro villages, wells for Udani...

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